My bones ache

[badpineapple]

I'm newish to character anim, so bear with me. With my skeleton all in place, each bone answering to its own weight map, and no points or polys left behind, the entire model shifts when I activate bones.
That ain't right.
WHERE DO I BEGIN?

[toby]

select the bones and press 'r' for "rest". That tells the bones that they are at the position where they don't deform the model.